2023 CGA Parallel Bars All-American

2x NCAA Parallel Bars All-American (2020, 2023)

2023 Second Team All-Big Ten

Individual Event Titles 

Career Highlights

• Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023)
• 2x All-Big Ten Honors (2022, 2023)
• Lettered four years
• Second Team All-Big Ten (2023)
• NCAA Postseason Parallel Bars All-American (2023)
• CGA Regular Season Parallel Bars All-American (2023)

CAREER HIGHS

Floor Exercise: 12.200 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/12/19)
Pommel Horse: 14.100 at Nebraska, vs. Minnesota (3/5/22)
Still Rings: 13.600 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/12/19)
Vault: 12.850 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/12/19)
Parallel Bars: 14.600 2x, last at Stanford/Cal (3/4/23)
High Bar: 14.050 at Nebraska, Army (2/15/20)
All-Around: 76.950 at Rocky Mountain Open (1/12/19)

Graduate Student - 2023

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in twelve meets competing in pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar
• Earned three titles on parallel bars 
• Tied career-high on parallel bars (14.600) on March 4 against Stanford/Cal 
• CGA Regular Season Parallel Bars All-American
• NCAA Postseason Parallel Bars All-American
• Second Team All-Big Ten

Senior - 2022

• Competed in eight meets, primarily on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar
• Titled twice on parallel bars
• Placed third on parallel bars at the Big Ten Tournament 

AT MINNESOTA

• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection
• Two-time B1G Freshman of the Week
• 2020 CGA Parallel Bars All-American

HIGH SCHOOL

• Trained at WOGA under coach Yuri Kartsev
• Two-time junior national team member

PERSONAL

• Born August 15, 2000
• Parents are Mikhail and Zoya Pochinka
• Has two brothers, Yaroslav and Simon 
• Brother, Yaroslav, competed with the Minnesota gymnastic program for four years, mother, Zoya, ran track at Mercy College for two years
• Pursing masters of Kinesiology
• Wants to work with prosthetics in some capacity after graduation
• Chose Illinois because, “after the Minnesota men's gymnastics program got cut I knew I wanted to keep doing the sport. Whenever I was getting recruited, Illinois was my second choice, so a bit of me always wanted to compete for the team. I also saw myself as a great fit for the team with the events I compete. I also knew a couple of the guys on the team and my old assistant coach was an alumnus.”